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Two posts ago I spoke about Franco-Ontariens often being overlooked by people elsewhere in Canada (by Francophones and Anglophones) and outside Canada when people talk / write about French in Canada or Francophone culture in Canada. Yet Francophone Ontario is more than twice as populous as Acadia, and Ontario’s rate of growth of people who French at home (9.5% growth between 2006 and 2011), as well as the growth in (Anglophone) bilingualism are among the fastest growth rates in Canada.

The Premier of Ontario visiting faculty and students at “L’Université de Sudbury”, holding the Franco-Ontarien Flag

In this post, I’ll provide many different links relating to Franco-Ontarien society. These links are only the tip of the iceburg. If you can think of a subject related to Francophones and French in Ontario, you are sure to be able to find it online. Therefore, the list below could go on and on if I had more time.

(Note: the word Ontarois, mentioned in the title of this post, is used more and more interchangeably with Franco-Ontarien. I personally have a tendency to say Ontarois more than Franco-Ontarian, but everyone makes their own choice with respect to saying Ontarois or Franco-Ontarien).

Guess what happened? Go on, take a guess… Nothing! As we found out, many people in Québec had not even heard of Franco-Ontariens. HUGE huge SIGH towards the Francophone-to-Francophone Two Solitudes. The Two Solitudes are not only Anglophone-Francophone. (A whole other subject which I could write a book about).

A good place to start if you want to learn French and take French courses (in different parts of Ontario).

Note: Local school boards also offer a “ton” of evening courses everywhere in Ontario. In Toronto, it is difficult to go more than 10 – 20 blocks without seeing a school or private education centre somewhere which offers French courses for adults… making Ontario one of the easiest places to learn French in the world outside of French-dominant societies (quite interesting in that respect).